Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-12-21
Taken in by Dudes.

There are four or FIVE dudes from
New York at we'll known hotel in
this city. They have made consid.
erable splurge at the races each day,
and the leader, of course, is Berry
Wall. Each of these young men has
his valet with him, and occupy suite
of apartments in the aforesaid hotel
which are quite private and removed
from the public part of the house.
The other night, when Mr.. Wall
was at the theater with some friends,
the rest of the party concluded to
have some fun. They were acquaint-
ed with two young ladies who live
here, and are not adverse to taking
supper with such well known dudes as
composed the party-in fact, who are
willing to sup when any invitation is
given 10 repast at that hotel. The
four New Workers then informed their
Wallets that they expected them to
play part in little scheme that
evening. "You are to pretend that
you are English lords, and when these
ladies come you are to take them to
supper, order anything you want and
charge it to u.s."
Berry Walls valet was in the
scheme, and that evening at the ap-
pointed time the servants appeared in
their Sunday-go connecting clothes,
arrayed exactly like their masters,
who think by putting on outlandish
clothes and nonsensical ways that they
are the facsimiles of the noblemen OF
England when, in fact, they only rep
resent ridiculous class of Americans
who have no prototype in England.
When the girls arrived the masters
introduced their Wallets as Lord So
and-So, and Duke This-and That, and
the girls were delighted. Like a
great many females in this country,
title Caught them," to use slang ex.
preston, and they Immediately began
to pay all attention to the supposed
English lords" Finally the "lords'
invited the girls to supper. The ta'
bles had been set in the adjoining
room and the dudes had retired to an.
other to enjoy the sport. The wallets
being left to themselves, began to or
der up wine in a most lavish manner
and once or twice the New Workers
were on the point of stopping the
whole performance when they noticed
the rate at which the waiter brought
up the Pommery Sec, but an inter
ruption came in far different man.
ner.
The theater was out, and "his ma
jesty, the king of the dudes," having
seen his lady friends home, returned
to the hotel. He entered the "ban-
quet hail." and the lights, together
with the chatter of the voices, some
what dazzled him for an instant, but
he soon recovered himself, and the
first person his eyes fell upon was his
valet, James, seated at the head of
the table, with one of the fair dansels
looking at him in a most enchanting
manner. This was too much for Ber.
ry, and in his most commanding voice
he shouted out:
James J"
The unfortunate James heard the
voice he knew so well, and habit gain
ed the mastery over him. He sprang
to his feet, up went his hand to his
head with jerk characteristic to his
class, and he exclaimed
Eyes, sir"
"Come here" said Mr.. Wall.
Take my overcoat."
The poor Lord James" was oblig-
ed to leave the side of his fair COM
panion, and walking over rather
sheepishly to Mr.. Wall, and taking
his dripping overcoat. for it was rain
ing outside, marched off to his apart
ment. The other Wallets were some
what disconnected by this incident,
and roar of laughter from the next
room brought the girls to a realiza-
tion of what was really the true state
of the case. The scene that followed
is better imagined than described
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